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Independence Rock, a loaf-shaped formation along the Sweetwater River that would have had little significance, had it not stood at roughly the midpoint of westbound emigrants' arduous trek from the vicinity of the Mississippi River to their destinations far to the west
Independence Rock, a loaf-shaped formation along the Sweetwater River that would have had little significance, had it not stood at roughly the midpoint of westbound emigrants' arduous trek from the vicinity of the Mississippi River to their destinations far to the west
Independence Rock, a loaf-shaped formation along the Sweetwater River that would have had little significance -- had it not stood at roughly the midpoint of westbound emigrants' arduous trek from the vicinity of the Mississippi River to their destinations far to the west. They called it Independence Rock with the appreciation that it would be wise to reach this location in what is now Natrona County, Wyoming, by U.S. Independence Day -- July 4 -- in order to have a good chance of making it through the forbidding Rocky Mountains before heavy snowfall sealed passes and threatened their survival. The area around the rock was also a fortuitous resting spot, blessed with fresh water and plenty of grass for livestock
Independence Rock, a loaf-shaped formation along the Sweetwater River that would have had little significance -- had it not stood at roughly the midpoint of westbound emigrants' arduous trek from the vicinity of the Mississippi River to their destinations far to the west. They called it Independence Rock with the appreciation that it would be wise to reach this location in what is now Natrona County, Wyoming, by U.S. Independence Day -- July 4 -- in order to have a good chance of making it through the forbidding Rocky Mountains before heavy snowfall sealed passes and threatened their survival. The area around the rock was also a fortuitous resting spot, blessed with fresh water and plenty of grass for livestock
One of the many limestone bluffs along the Mississippi River for which the area around the Great River Road in western Wisconsin is famous
A small, remote corral in South Pass (two nearby passes, really) that formed the most-traveled and most-trusted low valley through the fearsome Rocky Mountains for 19th-Century westward emigrants on the Oregon, Mormon, and California trails, which followed much the same route to this point and beyond before diverging, as well as Pony Express riders
South West pass of the Mississippi River /
In the distance, to the right, in the mountains of Fremont County, Wyoming, is a notch that was an important landmark to westward-moving emigrants along the Oregon Trail (and the Mormon Trail, California Trail, and Pony Express route) which followed the same path before diverging in western Wyoming
At first glance, this is a view of a fairly nondescript prairie in remote Fremont County, Wyoming. But it's quite a significant and historic place. This is South Pass, a natural crossing point of the Rocky Mountains that quickly became the route of choice for emigrants on the Oregon, California, and Mormon trails to the West during the 19th century
Independence Rock, a loaf-shaped formation along the Sweetwater River that would have had little significance, had it not stood at roughly the midpoint of westbound emigrants' arduous trek from the vicinity of the Mississippi River to their destinations far to the west
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They called it Independence Rock with the appreciation that it would be wise to reach this location in what is now Natrona County, Wyoming, by U.S. Independence Day, July 4, in order to have a good chance of making it through the forbidding Rocky Mountains before heavy snowfall sealed passes and threatened their survival. The area around the rock was also a fortuitous resting spot, blessed with fresh water and plenty of grass for livestock
Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:069).
Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
In 2015, documentary photographer Carol Highsmith received a letter from Getty Images accusing her of copyright infringement for featuring one of her own photographs on her own website. It demanded payment of $120. This was how Highsmith came to learn that stock photo agencies Getty and Alamy had been sending similar threat letters and charging fees to users of her images, which she had donated to the Library of Congress for use by the general public at no charge. In 2016, Highsmith has filed a $1 billion copyright infringement suit against both Alamy and Getty stating “gross misuse” of 18,755 of her photographs. “The defendants [Getty Images] have apparently misappropriated Ms. Highsmith’s generous gift to the American people,” the complaint reads. “[They] are not only unlawfully charging licensing fees … but are falsely and fraudulently holding themselves out as the exclusive copyright owner.” According to the lawsuit, Getty and Alamy, on their websites, have been selling licenses for thousands of Highsmith’s photographs, many without her name attached to them and stamped with “false watermarks.” (more: http://hyperallergic.com/314079/photographer-files-1-billion-suit-against-getty-for-licensing-her-public-domain-images/)